After Newly Operating an Illegal Undercover Chinese Police Station in Manhattan
A recent Press Release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York, says two individuals were arrested at their New York City homes.
The two are charged “in connection with the opening and operating an undeclared overseas police station, located in lower Manhattan, for the Ministry of Public Security (“MPS”) of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). [i]
A statement regarding the arrests was made, saying,
“This prosecution reveals the Chinese government’s flagrant violation of our nation’s sovereignty by establishing a secret police station in the middle of New York City. As alleged, the defendants were directed to do the PRC’s bidding, including helping locate a Chinese dissident living in the United States. They obstructed our investigation by deleting their communications with a Chinese Ministry of Public Security official. Such a police station has no place here in New York City – or any American community.”
Assistant Attorney General Matthew G Olson confirms that the PRC effectively “established a secret physical presence in New York City to monitor and intimidate dissidents and those critical of its government.”
Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping are facing criminal charges for conspiring to act as agents of the People’s Republic of China and obstructing justice by destroying evidence. The defendants allegedly operated an undeclared police station in New York City on behalf of the Fuzhou branch of the Ministry of Public Security.
The FBI has stated that clandestine police stations are illegal and infringe on the United States freedom, and that anyone working on behalf of a foreign nation to violate national security and freedoms will be held accountable.
In October 2022, the FBI searched an illegal police station, where they interviewed Lu and Chen and seized their phones. Upon reviewing the contents of these phones, it was observed that communications between Lu and Chen and an MPS Official had been deleted. Lu and Chen admitted to deleting the communications after learning about the FBI investigation.
If convicted of conspiring to act as agents of the PRC, the defendants face a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison or 20 years for obstruction of justice. The case is being handled by the Office’s National Security and Cybercrime Section, and the FBI has created a website for victims to report foreign governments stalking, intimidating, or assaulting people in the US.
Read the full complaint below:
References
[i] U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York Two Individuals Arrested for Operating Undeclared Police Station of the Chinese Government in Chinatown in Manhattan (Apr. 17, 2023)
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